<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Some people take losses hard. Salim Stoudamire takes them a little further. "Honestly, there were days when I wanted to come up in here and fight somebody because we were losing so much," Stoudamire said. "That's just me being competitive and wanting to win." It didn't help that the Hawks only won 26 games during his rookie season. Now, in the summer after his first professional season, the 23-year-old says he has changed. "I realized my demeanor did affect the players around me," Stoudamire said. "If I'm positive, it's going to wear off on other people, and if I'm looking like I'm not then they're going to get a sense that I'm not happy. I sat back this summer and thought about that, and now I have a different approach." It was Stoudamire's attitude which caused his stock to drop in last year's draft, although the Hawks admit they tried trading up to secure him before he fell to them at pick 31. "We tried to trade up to get him," Hawks general manager, Billy Knight said after the draft. "We really feel he was the best shooter in college basketball. Anywhere on the floor he's a threat, and he'll bring that element to our team. He hit so many game-winning shots for his college team, so we know he'll take those shots."</div> Source
Good he was my favorite player when he was in college. he lit it up from far back than. i really want him to come back stronger and better.
